The Board, through periodic review, advises the Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, NIBIB, on the quality of the intramural research programs and the research of tenured and tenure-track scientists of the Division.
Structure
The Board consists of eight members, including the chair, who are approved by the Deputy Director for Intramural Research at NIH. Members are scientists with outstanding scientific credentials in the research areas relevant to the Institute and are drawn from outside the NIH to serve overlapping terms of up to five years.
Function
The Board advises the Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, NIBIB, on the quality of the intramural research programs and the research of tenured and tenure-track scientists of the Division, through periodic reviews. The recommendations of the Board are addressed to the Scientific Director and sent to the Director, NIBIB, the Deputy Director for Intramural Research, and the Director, NIH.
Authority
Established January 25, 1991, by the Director, NIH, under Section 402(b)(6) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(6)), as amended. The Board of Scientific Counselors is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
Roster
Chairperson
Bond, Meredith, Ph.D. (06/15)
Dean
College of Sciences and Health Professions
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Members
Anderson, Carolyn J., Ph.D. (06/15)
Professor of Radiology
Director, Molecular Imaging Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Axel, Leon, M.D., Ph.D. (06/15)
Professor
Department of Radiology
New York University
School of Medicine
New York, New York 10016
Chiu, Wah, Ph.D. (06/15)
Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas 77030
Craighead, Harold G., Ph.D. (06/15)
Charles W. Lake, Jr. Professor of Engineering
Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics
Director, Nanobiotechnology Center
School of Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
Meade, Thomas J., Ph.D. (06/15)
Elieen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry,
Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology,
Neurobiology and Physiology, and Radiology
Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60208
Moerner, William E., Ph.D. (06/14)
Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305
Riederer, Stephen J., Ph.D. (06/14)
Professor
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
Executive Secretary
Leapman, Richard, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892